Measuring and packaging device



June 8 1926. 1,587,907

A. HERZ ET AL MEASURING AND PACKAGING DEVICE Filed Feb. 19, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet i A. HERZ ET AL MEASURING AND PACKAGING DEvicE June 8 1926. 1,587,907

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MEASURING- .AND LEAGKAGING DEVICE.

Application filed February This invention relates to measuring and packaging device.

The principal object of the invention resides in the provision of a device by means or which a desired number of tubes or the like may be measured and packed within a container.

Other objects of the invention, while not here enumerated, will appear as the description of the invention and Of the embodiment thereof herein illustrated, progresses.

In the drawing, which is illustrative of the invention- Figure 1 is a top plan view of the device;

Figure 2 is a side elevation thereof, with the position of the container into which the tubes are to be paeked indicated in dot-and dash lines;

Figure 3 is a longitudinal, vertical sectional view of the device, with the container shown in position, and the tubes partly moved into the container;

Figure at is asectional view on line 1- 1 01 Figure 1, looking in the direction of the arrows;

Figure 5 is a section on line 55 of Figure 1, looking in the direction of the arrows;

and Figure 6 is an end view.

The embodiment of the invention illustrated in the drawings includes a receptacle which is in cross section similar to the cross section of the container in which the tubes are to be packaged. This receptacle, in the form illustrated in the drawings, is substantially rectangular in cross section. It includes side walls 1 and 2, and a bottom 3, which side walls and bottom are secured to rails 4:, which rails extend beyond the ends of the side walls and bottom for a purpose which will later appear. Hinged to the side wall 2, at 5, is a cover portion 6 of lesser length than the side walls for a purpose which will later appear. This cover portion is provided with projections 7 which form the hinge leaves by means of which the cover portion is pivoted, and which 8X- rtend through recessesS in the side wall 2. The cover portion is also provided with tongues 9, which are adapted, when the cover portion is closed, to extend into recesses 10 in the side wall 1, resting upon the bottom edges 11 oi these recesses. This cover is adapted to be swung open to un 19, 1925. Serial No. 10,438.

cover the receptacle to permit the placing of the tubes therein, and when open it is supported by stops 12 in such positiontliat it may be closed with the greatest facility. A stationary bar 6 extends between the side walls of the receptacle and forms, in effect, when the cover portion is closed, a continuation of the cover. This bar is provided with a groove 7 and an outwardly inclined sur face 8 forming an abutment 9 for the reception of the adjacent edge of the container as will later bedescribed.

An ejector plate 13 is slidably mounted upon the ends of the rails 4, which project from one end of the receptacle, being held in position by side guards 1 1, and prevented from moving from the ends of the rails by a stop 15. This ejector 13 is substantially of the same shape as the cross section or the receptacle, and is adapted to be moved along the rails by means oi a handle 16, and alongthe bottom 3 of the receptacle to push the contents of the receptacle from the opposite end of the same into a container which is supported at said end.

In order that a container may be supported to receive the tubes, as they are pushed from the receptacle, we have extended the wall 2 of the receptacle to forma guide 17 for the container, which is shown in F igure 3 of the drawings at 18. the wall 2, formin the guide 17, is of a thickness less than that of the main portion of the wall as shown in Figure l of the drawings, and this extension is bent outwardly as at 19 to form a wing 20 of less thickness than the main portion of the wall, which reduction in thickness and outward bending results in the formation of an abutment 21.

which is of a thickness less than that of the main portion of the wall 1, and which met ward bending and reduction in thickness results in the formation of an abutment 24, The end of the cover portion 6, adjacent the abutments 21 and 24, is provided with a reduced inclined portion at 25, which results in abutment 26. These abutments 21, 24 and 26 form, with the abutment 9, in effect, a continuous Wedge-shaped groove for the reception of the adjacent edges of the con- .tainer when the wings 27 are bent back upon the container as shown in Figure 3. This The extension of i The opposite wall 1 is likewise bent outwardly at 22 to form a wing 23' insures the alignment of the inner faces of the walls of the container with the inner faces of the side walls and cover of the receptacle, so that it will be, in effect, a continuous surface along which the tubes move in their ejection from the receptacle into the container.

The same effect with respect to the other wall 28 of the container is produced by raising the bottom 3 of the receptacle above the upper surface of the rails at a distance at least equal to the thickness of the wall of the container.

The edges of the side walls 1 and 2 and of the top 6, and the bottom 3, of the receptacle, are formed to conform to the shape of the edges of the walls of the receptacle. For instance, in the particular embodiment shown, the container is provided with a cut out portion in one of the walls which, when the container is supported in a horizontal position as shown in Figure 8, is that wall which rests upon the rails 4, and the bottom 3 of the receptacle is provided with a similarly formed projection 29, which ts into the cut out portion of the wall and forms the continuous surface along which the tubes are pushed.

At the end of the rails 4 is located a raised stop 30, which stop engages the adj acent wing 31 which, when the container is completely assembled, closes the end of the same. The container lies in its receiving position with its edges abutting against the edges of thereceptacle, and the side and top edges of the container fitting into the wedgeshaped groove formed in the sides and cross bar of the receptacle and the projection 29 of the bottom fitting into the cut out portion of the adjacent wall of the container.

In operation, the cover 6 of the receptacle is opened to receive the tubes and the ejector 13 is withdrawn from the container to such a position, for instance, as shown in Figure 1. A bundle of tubes is placed in the receptacle, and these tubes being unconfined, except by the receptacle, arrange themselves in the form of the receptacle. The operator, closing the cover of the receptacle, is able to determine whether or not the receptacle contains the requisite number of tubes. This determination is made by the resistance exerted b the tubes against the cover when it is being closed, and by the sound of the contact of the projections 9 of the cover with the wall, the projections and the wall being made preferably of metal to accentuate the sound of contact.

The container with the wings which act as closures for the ends of the same bent back upon the container, is put in place so that its edges are in the grooves at the edge of the receptacle, and so that the wing 31 engages the abutment 30 to maintain the container in place and against the guides 17.

The cover 6 being closed, the ejector is moved along the bottom of the receptacle, and forces the tubes into the container, at the same time aligning the ends of the tubes, because of their contact with the surface of the ejector. The container may then be removed and closed.

It will be seen from the foregoing description that we have provided a device which includes means for measuring the tubes or other material which is to be packed, and which includes also means for packaging the tubes or other material in a container. Because of the arrangement of the parts and because of their simplicity, the facility and ease of operation is such that the number of tubes may be accurately determined, and the tubes packed in the container in the minimum time.

While we have described the receptacle and the device in general as being adapted to pack tubes in substantially rectangular containers, it is, of course, to be understood that should it be desired to package material in a container of a different shape the form of the device may be changed accordingly. I

What we claim is:

1. A measuring and packaging device including an open end receptacle, means for supporting a container with the inner surfaces of its Walls substantially in the plane of the inner surfaces of the walls of the container, and ejecting means movable through the receptacle.

2. A measuring and packaging device including an open end receptacle, an ejector movable therein, and means for supporting a container with its edges abutting against the adjacent edges of the receptacle and the 105 distance between the inner surfaces of its walls at least as great as the distance between the inner surfaces of the walls of the receptacle.

3. A measuring and packaging device in- 110 cluding an open end receptacle having a groove in the edges of the walls at said open end, means for supporting a container with the edges thereof located in said groove, and means for ejecting material from said 115 receptacle andmoving .it into said container. v

4. A measuring and packaging device including a base, a receptacle mounted thereon including side walls and a hinged cover, one 120 of said side walls being extended beyond the. receptacle to form a guide for a con tainer, an abutment on the base for maintaining the container with its edges in engagement with the edges of the receptacle, 125 and an ejector movable into said receptacle.

5. measuring and packaging device including a receptacle having openings and the edges of the side walls and the cover of said receptacle adjacent the open end diverging outwardly, and means for supporting a container with its open end located Within the confines of said outwardly diverging portion of said receptacle.

6. A measuring and packaging device in- (eluding a receptacle having openings and the edges of the side Walls and the cover of said receptacle adjacent the open end diverging outwardly to form abutments, means for 10 supporting a container With its open end located within the confines of said outwardly diverging portion of said receptacle, and means for maintaining the receptacle with its edges in engagement With said abutments.

In testimony whereof, We have signed our names to this specification this 16th day of February, 1925.

ALEXANDER HERZ. EUGENE CONTI. 

